| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Schlittler, Cam 5261 | pi sp | nyy al | 11.7 | 1 | Sanchez, Cristopher 4850 | pi sp | phi nl | 13.7 | |
| 2 | Woo, Bryan 4842 | pi sp | sea al | 10.4 | 2 | Misiorowski, Jacob 5200 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.0 | |
| 3 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | tor al | 10.4 | 3 | Ashcraft, Braxton 5208 | pi sp | pit nl | 12.4 | |
| 4 | Soriano, Jose 4884 | pi sp | ana al | 9.7 | 4 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | lad nl | 11.7 | |
| 5 | Williams, Gavin 4865 | pi sp | cle al | 9.7 | 5 | Harrison, Kyle 4914 | pi sp | mil nl | 10.0 | |
| 6 | Martin, Davis 4657 | pi sp | chi al | 9.7 | 6 | Skenes, Paul 5005 | pi sp | pit nl | 9.0 | |
| 7 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 9.0 | 7 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | phi nl | 9.0 | |
| 8 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 8.7 | 8 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 8.0 | |
| 9 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | nyy al | 7.0 | 9 | Meyer, Max 4965 | pi sp | fla nl | 8.0 | |
| 10 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | bos al | 7.0 | 10 | Burns, Chase 5301 | pi sp | cin nl | 8.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Kurtz, Nick 5221 | 1b | oak al | 6.0 | 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | lad nl | 11.7 | |
| 2 | Dingler, Dillon 5081 | ca | det al | 5.0 | 2 | Stewart, Sal 5288 | 1b | cin nl | 7.0 | |
| 3 | Meckler, Wade 5365 | lf | ana al | 5.0 | 3 | Schwarber, Kyle 3536 | dh | phi nl | 6.7 | |
| 4 | Rutschman, Adley 4659 | ca | bal al | 4.7 | 4 | Harris, Michael 4682 | cf ph | atl nl | 6.5 | |
| 5 | Clemens, Kody 4679 | 1b rf | min al | 4.5 | 5 | Pages, Andy 5123 | cf | lad nl | 5.7 | |
| 6 | Murakami, Munetaka 5308 | 1b | chi al | 4.5 | 6 | Wood, James 5078 | rf | dc nl | 5.5 | |
| 7 | Jackson, Jeremiah 5277 | 2b | bal al | 4.2 | 7 | Marte, Ketel 3630 | 2b | ari nl | 5.5 | |
| 8 | Bellinger, Cody 3781 | lf cf | nyy al | 4.0 | 8 | Carroll, Corbin 4818 | rf | ari nl | 5.5 | |
| 9 | Arozarena, Randy 4331 | lf | sea al | 4.0 | 9 | Swanson, Dansby 3751 | ss | chi nl | 5.5 | |
| 10 | Diaz, Yandy 3896 | dh | tb al | 4.0 | 10 | Burleson, Alec 4874 | 1b | stl nl | 5.0 |
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Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez leads the Box-Toppers player rankings for a fifth consecutive week, while Cam Schlittler of the Yankees rises to lead American League pitchers.
The batting leaders remain unchanged, with Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers) pacing the National League and Nick Kurtz (Athletics) leading the AL.
Sánchez leads
Sánchez remains in first place overall with 13.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads over Jacob Misiorowski of the Brewers (13.0), who is in second place overall and among NL pitchers.
American League pitchers
Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler jumps from fourth place last week to first place this week with 11.7 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader, Bryan Woo of the Mariners, who falls to second place with 10.4 points.
Schlittler ranks fourth overall.
National League batters
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers leads for the sixth week with 11.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week. He leads over second-place NL batter, Sal Stewart of the Reds (7.0 points).
Ohtani ranks fifth overall.
Ohtani has earned Player of the Game honors 10 times this season—three as a batter (3.0 points) and seven as a starting pitcher (8.7 points). Because at least 25% of his honors came from each role (30% batting, 70% pitching), he qualifies to rank at both positions with his full 11.7-point total.
Looked at individually, his 8.7 points as a pitcher would rank seventh among NL pitchers and his 3.0 points as a designated hitter would rank 33rd among NL batters.
American League batters
Nick Kurtz of the Athletics leads for the fourth week with 6.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads over second-place Dillon Dingler of the Tigers (5.0 points).
Kurtz ranks 39th overall.
Box-Toppers almanac
Batters’ share of Player of the Game honors increased this week. Batters won in 40 of the 93 games played (43.0%), while pitchers claimed 53 (57.0%).
Batters’ share of Box-Toppers points overall this season increased from 39.7% last week to 39.9% this week.
Batters have won fewer than 40% of all Box-Toppers points awarded in four of the past five seasons (surpassing it only in 2023 at 40.7%) and set a record-low share of 37.2% in 2024.
While batters have struggled to reach parity with pitchers in recent seasons, it wasn’t always this way: From 1995 to 2009, batters generally won half or more of all Box-Toppers points each season. But their share of points dropped precipitously after 2009.
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